Thursday, October 07, 2010

Sally the Greyhound

As many of you know, we took in an injured greyhound named Sally last Tuesday. She sadly had her foot caught in a heavy steel door while she was being trained at a correctional institute. Her foot was pretty well mangled and due to the extent of the injury, a toe had to be amputated. She was in so much pain initially, but it has been so neat to see her progress and witness her sweet personality blossom over the last week. She has been such a trooper and acted like such a little lady, even through the pain. Needless to say, we have fallen in love with this sweet girl. The girls have loved having her in our home and I feel so good that my girls are able to see, in action, compassion for animals in need. What a great, hands-on way to learn this valuable lesson!
Look at this face!

Sally's poor bandaged foot. Thankfully, she has been healing well and my vet, Dr. Langenderfer, has donated her expertise and supplies to help me with the dressing changes. Another reason I LOVE Dr. L!!!

They love each other! Look at them eating out of the same bowl! Greyhounds know another greyhound!

This is a typical morning at our house right now. The girls love to cuddle with Sally while they watch a cartoon!

Claire is very protective of Sally. Sally has two mommies!

1 comment:

Uncle Bruce and Aunt Sue said...

What darling picture!!! What a sweet face on that sweet, sweet dog!!!!!!!!!